Synonyms of sequestered

sequestered 1 of 2

adjective

as in isolated

Related Words

• isolated
• secluded
• retired
• apart
• outlying
• nowhere
• out-of-the-way
• secret
• obscure
• lonesome
• odd
• distant
• devious
• remote
• away
• removed
• far-off
• far-flung
• deep

Dissimilar Words

• adjacent
• contiguous
• adjoining
• close
• near
• nearby
• nigh

sequestered

2 of 2

verb

past tense of sequester

1

as in separated

to set or keep apart from others

sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious

Synonyms & Similar Words

• isolated
• separated
• segregated
• removed
• insulated
• restrained
• confined
• secluded
• quarantined
• cut off
• kept
• incarcerated
• restricted
• detached
• interned
• held
• jailed
• abstracted
• locked (up)
• immured
• disengaged
• detained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• integrated
• connected
• associated
• linked
• joined
• reintegrated
• united
• assimilated
• desegregated
• liberated
• released
• discharged
• freed
• loosed

2

as in confiscated

to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority

police found and sequestered several illegal weapons

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confiscated
• attached
• expropriated
• usurped
• seized
• appropriated
• preempted
• commandeered
• garnisheed
• arrogated
• took over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rendered
• released
• delivered
• forfeited
• yielded
• surrendered
• turned over
• gave up
• ceded
• relinquished
• handed over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sequestered

Adjective

Big Brother 4 The first season with a sequestered jury (sorry, Danielle Reyes), Big Brother 4 was also the first installment in which players with a history outside of the house played together. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026

The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026

In the second clinical trial, not yet published, 36 sequestered volunteers ate an additional 1,000 calories a day when on the ultraprocessed food diet, according to a midpoint analysis of the data by Hall. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025

That sentiment is front and center in The Fence, a sequestered and highly theatrical drama set on an African construction site that feels much more like a colonial outpost. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025

Verb

Peeping over the Bay of Naples from its clifftop perch, sequestered from Piazza Tasso’s hustle and bustle by perfumed orange groves. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

In contrast, heavy metals are sequestered by proteins such as metallothioneins or accumulate in bony tissues. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

Curtis has sequestered primary ballots in a room in the elections office in Redding, sealing the doors with locks and duct tape and telling reporters that the ballots did not look, feel or smell right. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

The company compares that reduction with the carbon sequestered by roughly 63,800 acres of US forest each year. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

While they were not sequestered for the trial, the jurors have been repeatedly instructed not to research or discuss the case with others since they were empaneled. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026

Patterson's defense attorney Richard Edney made the first ground for their appeal on Wednesday an error that resulted in jury members being sequestered in the same hotel as a police witness and members of the prosecution team. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Thorndike said during the voir dire that she has been sequestered since being contacted by Reddington. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Defense lawyer Richard Edney’s first ground for appeal Wednesday was an error that resulted in jury members being sequestered in the same hotel as a police witness and members of the prosecution team. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026